Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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An Ecological Study on Red Sorrel (Rumex acetosella L.) in Wild Blueberry Fields in Nova Scotia
(2012-05-25)Red sorrel is a perennial weed in wild blueberry fields that decreases yield. Multiple experiments were conducted to evaluate its impact on blueberry pollination, Botrytis blight incidence, and berry yield. Kerb applications ... -
Ecology And Evolution Of Heavily Exploited Fish Populations
(2012-07-10)Commercial harvest of fish stocks and their appropriate management requires an understanding of their population dynamics and of their ability to sustain exploitation. Here, some ecological and evolutionary consequences ... -
Ecology and Trophic Relationships Among Fishes and Invertebrates in the Hawaiian Archipelago: Insights from Fatty Acid Signatures Analysis
(2011-05-31)Healthy coral reefs have become increasingly rare, and their continuous degradation has serious implications for loss of marine biodiversity. There is an urgent need to assess the strength of top-down versus bottom-up ... -
Ecology of the kelp Laminaria longicruris and its principal grazers in the rocky subtidal of Nova Scotia.
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Economic Analysis of Alternative Mechanical Harvesting Systems for Wild Blueberries
(2019-08-19)The purpose of this study was to assess the economic impacts of small box and semi-automatic bin handling technologies for wild blueberries production in Nova Scotia. Wild blueberry mechanical harvesters with similar ... -
An Economic Analysis of Grid-tie Residential Photovoltaic System and ?Oil Barrel Price Forecasting: A Case Study of Saudi Arabia
(2013-01-15)The demand for electricity is increasing daily due to technological advancement, and ?luxurious lifestyles. Increasing utilization of electricity means the depletion of fossil fuel ?reserves. Thus, governments around the ... -
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR WATER QUALITY PROTECTION
(2012-10-15)The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of alternative cropping systems on farm net returns, and nitrate-N and sediment yields in Thomas Brook Watershed (TBW). The study involved integrated bio-physical ... -
Economic Analysis of the Catch-and-Retain Bluefin Tuna Charter Fishery in the Atlantic Canadian Gulf Region: An Exploratory Study
(2023-04-14)Growing interest among Bluefin Tuna (BFT) commercial fishers in increasing economic opportunities led to the introduction of a catch-and-retain charter fishery in Atlantic Canada’s Gulf Region in 2020. Unlike its ... -
Economic and Biophysical Implications of Alternative Street-tree Spacings in Halifax, Canada
(2017-12-14)Municipalities establish, maintain, and administer trees on the rights of way along streets. In spite of the many benefits trees provide, they are often planted far apart. The overall objective of this study was to explore ... -
Economic and Economic-Emission Operation of All-Thermal and Hydro-Thermal Power Generation Systems Using Bacterial Foraging Optimization
(2012-05-23)Electric power is a basic requirement for present day life and its various economic sectors. To satisfy the ever-increasing needs for electricity, the number of generating units, transmission lines and distribution systems ... -
Economic Burden of the Nova Scotia Mumps Outbreak
(2010-10-04)Infectious disease outbreaks can have a significant impact on healthcare resources and are disruptive to routine healthcare programs and services. There is very little literature on the economic burden of infectious disease ... -
Economic Determinants of Obesity in Canadian Adults
(2012-08-30)This paper examines how socioeconomic status and economic insecurity relate to obesity in working-age Canadians between 2000 and 2010. First, I attempt to explain the gender specific gradients in body mass. Second, I test ... -
ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF SEEDLING EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF SEEDLING EMERGENCE MODELS (SEM) FOR CUT AND PEEL CARROTS (Daucus carota var Sativus L.)
(2013-08-12)Effect of soil moisture potential (?), temperature (T), genotype, seeding depth (SD) and rate (SR) on seedling emergence (SE), emergence velocity (EV), root yield and grades of cut and peel carrots were studied. SE was ... -
Ecopoetic Interventions: Poets Critiquing Canadian Petrocultures and Pipelines
(2020-08-27)This project examines how petrocultural narratives, and infrastructure, are created and sustained through official rhetoric. I explore how ecopoetic interventions can be leveraged to influence public policy, articulate ... -
Ecosystem Approach to Salmon Mariculture: Charting Law and Policy Coordinates from Theory, International Law, and State Practice
(2023-04-13)The Dissertation addresses the legal dimensions of an ecosystem approach to salmon mariculture. Its objective is to identify legal features that support, enable or obstruct the operationalization of an ecosystem approach ... -
ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS AND PLANT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF URBAN SPONTANEOUS VEGETATION
(2011-04-20)This thesis set out to investigate the processes that determine the richness and composition of plant communities of spontaneously colonized derelict land in Metro Halifax, Nova Scotia. As urbanization rates continue to ... -
Ecosystem Services, Context and the Social Basis for Conservation: The Case of Insect Pollination Benefits to Lowbush Blueberry
(2015)The conservation of ecosystems is increasingly justified on the basis of the human welfare they generate. Since many of the “services” supplied by ecosystems are not currently captured in markets, advocates of ecosystem ... -
Edge Detection Operators for X-ray Images Based on Hessian Matrices
(2020-12-15)This thesis developed two sophisticated statistical methods for edge detection in X-ray images. The first method evaluates the possibility of each pair of pixels in the X-ray images being on the intended edges by assigning ...